Have you done a Quilt as You Go Quilt?
12-16-2019, 05:53 AM
#11
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: USA
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I made a QAYG project that I was very pleased with. The process was:
1. Quilt the cotton batting to each block (or group of blocks)
2. Join the blocks with a 1/2" seam
3. Trim the corners of the seams
4. Use stitch in the ditch to attach the one piece batting to the completed front/batting.
It was easy and I liked the way it turned out.
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1. Quilt the cotton batting to each block (or group of blocks)
2. Join the blocks with a 1/2" seam
3. Trim the corners of the seams
4. Use stitch in the ditch to attach the one piece batting to the completed front/batting.
It was easy and I liked the way it turned out.
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12-16-2019, 06:46 AM
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Illinois
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I have done QAYG on a small project to try it and I enjoyed it a lot. Much easier to quilt the design I wanted a block at a time without having to shove the whole quilt around. The only problem I had was that my tutorial used the standard quarter inch seam, which is really not enough when joining blocks and batting in one layer. If I do it again I will try another method. I had to do a lot of resewing and actually hand-embroidered a couple of patches onto it...it turned out darling, but that was not the look I was going for.
12-16-2019, 07:54 AM
#16
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QAYG is not a fast way to quilt but an easier way to get the quilting done. I learned from the best, Georgia Bonesteel. She introduced QAYG decades ago as the way to handquilt a big quilt. For a QAYG quilt to not look like a QAYG quilt, it takes precision and accuracy especially in joining the seams.
12-16-2019, 09:08 AM
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Beiseker, Ab Canada
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My first quilt was like a QAYG because I made hexis (using my embroidery machine) and then joined them together with the seam allowances to the front, which I then covered by hand sewing bias over the seam allowances. That made the back smooth, but since it was a honey comb, I liked having the bulk of the seams on the front. I also enjoyed the process of covering all the SA's with the bias by hand. I found it really relaxing. There are pictures here: Honeycomb Quilt and in my album.
12-16-2019, 11:53 AM
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I did try it one time for a baby quilt. I really wasn't keen on the process. I don't make huge quilts, so the traditional quilting process works just fine for me. I think the only time I'd try it again is if I find some blocks to quilt on the embroidery machine, then assemble 'as you go'
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